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decide on

decide on verb: to choose (something) after carefully considering one's options.

Verb

decide on (third-person singular simple present decides on, present participle deciding on, simple past and past participle decided on)

  1. To choose (something) after carefully considering one's options.
    • I'm having trouble deciding on where to get food.
    • With sales slipping, a fast-food chain notorious for featuring scantily clad women has decided on a food-centric message.2019 November 13, Tiffany Hsu, “Carl's Jr.'s Marketing Plan: Pitch Burgers, Not Sex”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 28...
    Synonyms:
    decide upon, set

Synonyms of decide on

Forms of decide on

third-person singular presentdecides on
present participledeciding on
past participledecided on
pastdecided on

Questions about decide on

What does decide on mean?
Decide on means to choose (something) after carefully considering one's options.
What part of speech is decide on?
Decide on is a verb.
What is the past tense of decide on?
The past tense of decide on is decided on.

Words near decide on in the dictionary

  1. decidability
  2. decidable
  3. deciday
  4. decidays
  5. decide
  6. decide on
  7. decide upon
  8. decided
  9. decided on
  10. decided upon
  11. decidedly

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